God provides

I came across an online magazine article today: http://www.adoptivefamilies.com/articles.php?aid=1663

I think it is interesting and very well written.

I have been reading people's blogs and decided I HAVE to add a few more to our list. Job's daughters has to be one of the most heart breaking, encouraging, and exciting (all in one) blog I have read. If you read it you might want to have a box of Kleenex beside you.

It is constantly amazing what God does for each and every one of us. I am reminded of His power, glory, and love every day. It is neat to see what He does and what He accomplishes though people. All praise and honor to God. Someone was asking me today if we were still getting our girl from Vietnam. It was funny in a since b/c I could definitely say "NO! Not right now!" God had another plan for us. This plan is so much better and beyond what I had envisioned. I have learned so much about Ethiopia and the people there that if I did have the chance to change and adopt from Vietnam I wouldn't want to. He knows what He is doing and does it in His own time. There has been a lot that led us in another direction and pointed the way to Ethiopia. I feel so confident with our decision now that it is hard to wait. I just want to go get whatever baby needs us and be a parent. As David said, all he knows is that he is going to be a dad. I feel that same way. We are going to be parents, and that's what matters! I look to God for the wisdom of what to do for my child and say to my child when that time comes. God will provide if we look to Him and keep him first. It is hard to remember that God has a time and it will all work out best if we follow His plan. So until that day I read the blogs, make things for our baby to be, do paperwork, and whatever I can to fill the time until it is our turn.

On to a different subject- we recently bought a book off of the Internet on Ethiopia. We had read several places that Ethiopia claims that Queen Sheba and King Solomon had a son together. It is interesting b/c all of the Emperors had to claim ancestry to that line. This book talked about it a bit more in detail. The Bible does talk about her visiting him and bringing gifts, etc. That she brought more spices than anyone else ever did. Solomon had a LOT of wives, concubines, etc. From what I have read I think that they did have a son together. A lot of his marriages were for political reasons.